have been acquiring
- present perfect progressive of acquire.
Example Sentences
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Large health systems have been acquiring physician practices and funneling commercially insured patients into their hospitals, Whaley said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
I think it can be used to describe how American studios and networks have been acquiring South Korean and other content from East Asia to adapt for audiences in the United States.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2021
"They should not have been acquiring these doses from Covax," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2021
Humans have been acquiring animals to display wealth and get attention for centuries, but often those animals are spectacles, like peacocks or pythons.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2019
But the perception of "how to do it" is precisely what most of us have been acquiring.
From The Conquest of Fear by King, Basil
